How many females

[Jennifer_R]

I now have two adult females and two adult males. Also their adolescent fry: five ready to mate "teenage" males and several "teenage" females in seperate tanks.

I had three adult females. One died after giving birth two months ago.

After the adult female died, one of reaming two females has been acting differently. This female has become more reluctant to mate or come out of hiding.

How do I encourage the hesitant female to come out and mate after two months? I really want the cautious female to move-on after her tank mate’s death! What is going on?

Should I introduce an eager "teenage" male?

 

[Auratus]

Maybe you could try putting a few teenage females in there since more females is always best. She probably liked having a friend to talk to about her "man troubles." Maybe she just wants another buddy.

 

[Jennifer_R]

Thank you. I have moved another female in the tank with the other two females (one of the two being the stressed female).

It appears adding another female is helping.

 

[Tempestuousfury]

That's good. It's best to have more females than males to keep harrassment down. It means you'll have more babies as well, which may be a plus or a minus...